[friendly]

Some say the world will end in fire,

Some say in ice.

From what I've tasted of desire

I hold with those who favor fire.

But if it had to perish twice,

I think I know enough of hate

To know that for destruction ice

Is also great

And would suffice.

(Robert Frost, 1920)

[WKB]

2 Peter 3:10 (NIV) 10But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare.£

[kcar]

So, "the world ends not with a bang, but a whimper."

T.S. Eliot